Cabela's to open Grandville store in March with weekend-long 'celebration'

GRANDVILLE, MI — Cabela's plans to open the doors of its new Grandville store on Thursday, March 21, at 11 a.m., the retailer announced today.

Officials will formally introduce the long-awaited store with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:45 a.m. that same day, an event that will include local officials.

The outdoors retailer is promising a weekend-long grand opening celebration featuring special guests, celebrities, family activities and giveaways. Details are expected to be announced closer to the opening.

“Cabela’s has tremendous support from Michigan’s outdoorsmen and -women and we are excited to open another retail location in the state,” said Tommy Millner, chief executive officer of the Nebraska-based outdoor retail chain. “This is an exciting time for Cabela’s in Michigan and we expect our new Grandville location to be a great success.”

Although Grandville was initially supposed to be Cabela's second Michigan store after Dundee when it was announced nearly a year ago, it will open more than a month after a 43,000-square-foot Cabela’s Outpost in Saginaw is scheduled to open Feb. 14.

The retailer's enormous store in Dundee has a been a destination for outdoorsmen looking to buy gear since opening 2000.

The 88,000-square-foot Grandville store will be located on the east end of the RiverTown Mall retail corridor in a new 380,000-square-foot retail center.

The building’s exterior will reflect Cabela’s traditional store model with log construction, stonework, wood siding and metal roofing. A large glass storefront will allow customers to view much of the store’s interior as they approach the building.

The inside will highlight Cabela’s next-generation layout, designed to surround customers in an outdoors-like experience. It will include a mountain replica featuring North American game animals re-created in their natural habitats, as well as a built-in aquarium stocked with fish native to the area.

Currently, Cabela’s operates 40 retail stores across the United States and Canada. In addition to the Saginaw and Grandville locations, the company has previously announced plans to open stores in Columbus, Ohio; Louisville, Ky.; Green Bay, Wis.; Thornton, Colo.; Lone Tree, Colo.; Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Kalispell, Mont.; Anchorage, Alaska; Bristol, Va.; Christiana, Del.; Woodbury, Minn.; and Greenville, S.C. It also will relocate its Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, store, later this year.